The branch may invest its assets in securities, including shares and other participation rights and bonds, as well as interest-bearing claims, regardless of their denomination and form, and borrow and lend money. It may also acquire income derived from the sale or leasing of the right to use copyrights, patents, designs, trade secrets or manufacturing formulas, trademarks and other intellectual property rights; acquisition of rents from cinematographic films or the use of industrial, commercial or scientific equipment or related to the operation of mines or quarries or any other extraction of natural resources. It also aims to acquire the consideration paid in connection with the provision of technical assistance. It may guarantee or otherwise secure, transfer ownership of assets or pledge them as collateral for the company's obligations and third-party obligations, with or without consideration. It may engage in personnel leasing, including recruitment, provision, temporary or permanent deployment of employees or professionals to third parties.